Conversation with Max Keller from Start Global. www.traction5.comBy Igor Gorlatov

Jodie is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in economic development, project management, and education. As the Principal of MeadowCreek Consulting for over 7 years, Jodie has helped clients achieve optimal outcomes through research, feasibility studies, and project management. Prior to that, she served as the Community Economic Devel…

Lotte is an accomplished professional with diverse experience spanning various roles within community management, communications, and business education. She has spent more than seven years at DTU Science Park, Denmark's leading deep tech community, where she currently serves as the Head of Community. In this role, she oversees the organization's m…

Joe Allen, CPA, CA, is a seasoned executive with an extensive background in fostering innovation and steering investment. He is currently the Managing Director of Accelerator Programs at the University of New Brunswick, a role he has held since December 2017. In this role, he utilizes his vast expertise to shape and lead initiatives that support bu…

Wendy Bolger is a seasoned innovator and the Founding Director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Loyola University Maryland, a position she has held for over five years. Under her leadership, the Center launched the Baltipreneurs Accelerator, Loyola Crisis Navigators, and won a bid to host the prestigious Global Consortium of Entre…

Conversation with Brittney Ziebell, Director of Entrepreneurship at Silicon Couloir, Jackson WY 0:00 Introduction 1:17 Are you working full-time to run the mentorship program? 1:35 What makes your mentorship program different? 2:20 What's the secret to being a great mentor in your program? 3:15 Have you ever said no to any mentor applying to your p…

Simunza leads support for entrepreneurs at BongoHive, Lusaka’s first innovation and technology hub that provide a range of startup and tech programmes, workshops and events all focused on making Zambia Africa’s next hotbed of innovation. BongoHive’s entrepreneur support programs includes a pre-accelerator boot camp, a sector agnostic accelerator an…

Igor Gorlatov interviews Adam Sutcliffe, a virtuoso in the design and program management of ventures, products, services, experiences to bring to market 00:00 Intro 00:17 Adam's experience of studying in the US 02:52 An example of a helpful American who inspired Adam 05:28 Adam talks about his current role at British Design Fund, and his plans for …

I very much enjoyed our conversation with Hannah Horne about mentorship and what it takes to build a startup community. Some of the topics we covered: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 👉 What is VMS or a Venture Mentoring Program 👉 What makes Rock Hill VMS and Gravity Center successful 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 ⚡ What does it take to create trust…